This is a genderqueer flag, designed by by Marilyn Roxie in 2011. Lavender represents androgyny or queerness, white represents agender identity, and green represents those whose identities which are defined outside the binary. 
This is the suffragette flag, which was created to represent the Women's Social and Political Union, founded in Britain in 1903. It has now been adopted by Trans Exclusionary Radicals (TERs) to make their presence known.
They’re turning a suffragette symbol into a hate symbol.
They’re turning a suffragette symbol into a hate symbol.
Do not confuse the genderqueer & suffragette flags. People who are currently using the suffragette flag to represent themselves are transphobes. The ones represented by the genderqueer flag fall under the trans umbrella. The two flags look similar, but represent opposing sides.
I think it’s awful that hateful individuals are associating themselves with the suffragette name, and tarnishing the incredible advocacy work that has gone into further women’s rights, by fighting to oppress women they don’t like. This is my response…
When TERs used the red square as a dog whistle, the trans community on Twitter began adopting the same symbol, thereby making their dog whistle ineffective. It’s even more apt in this case, because fighting an oppressive system is something trans people know all too well.
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